The Lumineers Reopen "Cleopatra" With A Tenth Anniversary Vinyl Edition
Written By: Big C
Cleopatra keeps collecting road dust, while some records age like photographs. The Lumineers revisit their 2016 second album with Cleopatra (10 Year Anniversary) with a vinyl-only two-LP edition arriving November 20 through Dualtone Music Group. The original pairs sweeping melodies with stories of love, loss and life on the road. Ophelia, Angela and Sleep On The Floor give those stories recognizable points of return across the record. A second disc adds nine B-sides and bonus tracks, six of them reaching vinyl for the first time. In the liner notes, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites describe how they chose what to write:
But we’re also proud of this record because we wrote it as we always had, as two people in a room, searching not for hits, but for ideas that gave us goosebumps or brought us to tears…and after 10 years, the songs off Cleopatra somehow feel like they get stronger with every year that passes. To those reading this, thank you for listening and connecting with this album and this music. It means the world and we are forever grateful.
The second disc makes the anniversary a chance to hear the choices around the original sequence. Ophelia (with Horns) gives a familiar melody a different instrumental color, while covers of Subterranean Homesick Blues and Boots Of Spanish Leather point back to an older songwriting tradition. New artwork, rare photos and the founders’ dedication add a record of how the partnership developed. The original "Ophelia" video below gives listeners a point of comparison before they turn to the horn version on vinyl. Preorder "Cleopatra (10 Year Anniversary)" and follow The Lumineers on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.
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